Black Book (2006) – Filming Locations
Drama / Thriller / War · Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Starring Sebastian Koch, Carice van Houten
Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. In September 1944, Rachel's hiding place is bombed by Allied troops; she makes contact with a resistance member and joins a group of Jews to be smuggled across the Biesbosch to the freed South Netherlands. Only Rachel escapes a massacre by patrol Germans, and is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers, whose son is captured trying to smuggle weapons. Kuipers asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Müntze, a mission that she will soon learn that the boat attack wasn't a coincidence.
Where was Black Book filmed?
- Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam – Opening sequences with Rachel hiding from Nazi persecution and early scenes establishing the occupied Dutch setting. The film's primary setting uses real Amsterdam locations to authentically portray the Nazi-occupied Dutch capital during World War II
- Berlin, Germany, Berlin – Scenes depicting Nazi command centers and Rachel's infiltration of German military operations. Real Berlin locations were used to depict Nazi leadership headquarters and the heart of German occupation authority
- The Hague, Netherlands, The Hague – Underground resistance activities and scenes involving Dutch collaborators and intelligence operations. Used to represent Nazi-occupied Dutch territory and locations of resistance cell operations during the war
- Utrecht, Netherlands, Utrecht – Various scenes depicting life under Nazi occupation in the Dutch provinces. Real Dutch provincial locations establish the atmosphere of wartime occupation beyond the major cities